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Welcome to Third Space British Bakery
Our Story
Third Space Bakery is a mother-daughter baking team specializing in handmade, small-batch baked goods from the United Kingdom and Ireland. We focus on traditional recipes made with real ingredients to provide not only a great tasting treat, but also a glimpse into what people of the past may have enjoyed. Check us out to find your new favorite treat and learn something along the way!
Our Products
Our focus is on simple, timeless recipes made with fresh fruits and vegetables as well as locally sourced meats; traditional Scottish shortbread, British flapjacks, scones, biscuits, and more. We've also expanded our offerings to include pasties for lunch and small cakes and tarts for dessert. Whatever time of day you come by, there will be something for you to enjoy!
Third Space Bakery's Baked Goods
Menu: Winter 2026
Shortbread
The simple shortbread has a rich history in Scotland. First made with bits of bread dough, it was replaced with butter and the new biscuits became a favorite of Mary Queen of Scots. However, the cost of the high fat butter made them a luxury enjoyed on special occasions. In Shetland, a shortbread is traditionally broken over the head of a bride entering her new home. "First footers," or the first person to enter a house on New Year's Day, are also given shortbread to mark the occasion.
Traditional Scottish Shortbread
Buttery shortbread in the traditional flavor from the Highlands
Chai Shortbread
Buttery shortbread flavored with Olivia's spicy Chai mix.
French Onion Soup Shortbread
Buttery shortbread with caramelized onion, beef stock and gruyere cheese. A savory treat.
Biscuits
Bourbon Biscuit
Originally made in 1910 and called "Creola", this favorite dunking biscuit from London was later named after the House of Bourbon Chocolate Company. A chocolate biscuit sandwiched with a chocolate cream filling.
Jammy Dodger Biscuit
A Scottish treat made with two shortbread biscuits, sandwiched with jam.
Scones
Originating from Scotland as a griddle cake, or bannock, scones became a tea time offering during Queen Victoria's reign. Cream tea, or tea and scones with clotted cream and jam, is a popular afternoon snack in Cornwall and Devon. But what is the proper way to eat a scone? In Devon, the cream is spread first with a thin layer of jam. In Cornwall, it's jam first and then a thick dollop of cream. We'll let you decide which way is best.
Teatime Scone
Classic, unflavored scone perfect for cream tea; absolutely decadent with clotted cream and your favorite preserves
Cranberry Orange Scone
Our traditional scone recipe filled with chopped fresh cranberries and orange zest.
Cheese and Herb Scone
A savory scone filled with savory herbs, cheese and chives.
Clotted Cream
Introduced to the British by the Phoenicians around 500BC, clotted cream is a slightly sweet creamy butter made by cooking cream in a low oven and cooling quickly. We import our clotted cream from the Devon Cream Company, famous for their rich clotted cream for over 400 years. Much like a whipped butter, but much better!
Pasties
What is a pasty and did we forget the "r"? A pasty (pronounced "past-ee") is a handheld meat pie originally made in Cornwall. Pasties were enjoyed by the elite in the 1300's, filled with venison, lamb and beef in thick gravy. Tin miners in Cornwall in the 1700's needed something they could eat with their hands on the job, so wives began making pasties with minced beef, turnip, onion and potatoes for a hearty handheld affordable meal. Wives would often carve their husbands' initials in the pasty
Sausage Roll
While wrapping meat in pastry has been done since the Roman times, it took the British to wrap sausage in a light French puff pastry. The sausage roll is a British classic and we make ours using fresh ground pork spiced the Lancashire way. It's a British staple!
Steak and Ale Pasty
Pasty filled with beef steak, potatoes, carrots and onions simmered in brown sauce with ale. We source our beef locally from Great Bay Farms in Greenland and we get our ale from local brewer Loaded Question in Portsmouth.
Coconut Curry Chicken Pasty
Filled with chicken breast meat, simmered in a spicy curry sauce with a splash of coconut milk, along with peas, carrots, spinach and onions
Samosa Pasty
Our vegetarian option pasty - potatoes fried in curry, cumin and garam masala and then simmered in a mild creamy curry sauce with peas, carrots, chick peas and spinach.
Cornish Pasty
Traditional Cornish pasty made with potatoes, turnips, onions and beef from Great Bay Farms in Greenland, NH.
Other Treats
Original Flapjacks
Back by popular demand! Chewy oat bars made imported Lyle's Golden Syrup, brown sugar and butter. Gluten Friendly.
Bara Brith
Traditional Welsh tea bread made with raisins, sultanas, currants, orange and spices. The name translates to Speckled Bread and is a favorite tea time treat usually eaten warm with butter.
Yorkshire Parkin
A dense gingerbread cake from northern England made with a mix of flour and oatmeal, black treacle and golden syrup with nutmeg and ginger. Classically served on Guy Fawkes night and throughout the Christmas season.
Jane Austen Apple Puff
Jane Austen loved apples and these apple filled treats were a favorite of hers. Puff pastry filled with a filling of apples and orange blossom water, drizzled with orange marmalade. It's said that Jane treasured these treats, keeping them locked in a cupboard, and Jane had the only key.
Mini Mince Pies
This British mince pie is packed with currants, raisins, sultanas, apples, mixed spice, muscovado sugar and brandy. Another favorite from our fall offerings.
Honey and Fig Flapjacks
Original flapjacks filled with chopped figs and drizzled with Scottish honey.
Imported Goods
Monster Munch
A crunchy puffed snack food flavored with pickled onion
Tiptree Jam
Imported from the UK, the Wilkins family have been farming the land in Tiptree, Essex since 1757 and began making preserves in 1885. We offer single-serve Tiptree jams in strawberry, apricot, or raspberry
Drinks
Imported Lemonade
Scottish lemonade in traditional, raspberry, orange or lavender flavors
New Hampshire Coffee
Drip coffee from local New Hampshire Coffee.
Hot Tea
Imported British tea
Online Store
Third Space Logo Magnet
($1.00 shipping)
A 4" wide, roughly 2.5" tall magnet of the Third Space Bakery logo! Stick it on your fridge, your car, your range hood, the ice machines at the gas station, your neighbor's mailbox...anywhere you can think of!
Contact Us
Store Location
8 Government Way, Somersworth NH 03878
Contact Info
Email: Deb@thirdspacebakes.com Phone: 603-841-5021
Hours
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